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Thoughts, Construction Tips and Musing about Telescopes

    MY TELESCOPES

    OBSERVING ESSENTIALS - What you really need to get the most out of high resolution observing

    SOME THOUGHTS ON THE OPTIMUM L/P SCOPE    

    APO REFRACTORS, COMPOUND SYSTEMS and the SIMPLE NEWTONIAN    

    CALCULATING THE SIZE OF YOUR DIAGONAL and The Impact of Diagonal Surface Errors

    A Better Method of Measuring Optical Performance

    Testing Telescope Mirrors and Statement of Standards

    PYREX versus ZERODUR, SITALL, CERVIT, FUSED QUARTZ and the Whole ULE World

    COLLIMATION FOR MODERATE FOCAL RATIO NEWTONIANS

    A SIMPLE MIRROR CELL That gives excellent performance

    A COVER FOR YOUR DIAGONAL 

    A UNIQUE SPIDER SUPPORT That's simple to make

    CLEANING MIRRORS AND LENSES

    MOUNTING DIAGONALS AND OTHER SMALL MIRRORS WITH GOOP With new photo and response

    ROBERT F. ROYCE - A Brief Bio